We wish we could Limmud with you in person but here is the next best thing… Limmud virtual sessions! We will be bringing high quality learning opportunities over the next year in virtual format.
The first virtual learning opportunity is:
Shira Tzefonit | Northern Poetry | שירה צפונית
An Online Anthology of Jewish Canadian Poets: Chapter I brought to you by Limmud Ottawa with the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program University of Ottawa featuring:
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The Presenters
Karen Shenfeld was born and raised in a predominantly Jewish suburb of Toronto. She has had four books of poetry published — the most recent of which, To Measure the World, was released in 2020 by Ekstasis Editions. Karen has also brought her poetic sensibility to the writing of magazine stories and documentary filmmaking. She currently lives in a restored farmhouse in the small village of Magnetawan, north of Muskoka.
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Photo credit: Cathy Gauthier
Poet Link 1
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Photo credit: Cathy Gauthier
Montreal born and raised, B. Glen Rotchin has published essays, book reviews, poetry and fiction. He has co-edited two poetry anthologies, Jerusalem: An Anthology of Jewish Canadian Poetry (Véhicule, 1996) and A Rich Garland: Poems for A.M. Klein (Véhicule, 1999). His two novels are The Rent Collector (Esplanade, 2006) and Halbman Steals Home (Dundurn, 2012). He has worked as a property manager in Montreal’s famed ‘shmatta’ district since 1995.
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Photo credit: Terence Byrnes
Poet Link
Photo credit: Terence Byrnes
Seymour Mayne is the author, editor, or translator of more than seventy books. His latest collections include Cusp: Word Sonnets (Ronald P. Frye & Co., 2014) the personal anthology, In Your Words: Translations from the Yiddish and the Hebrew (Ronald P. Frye & Co., 2017), and Le chant de Moïse (Mémoire d’encrier, 2018), a bilingual English-French selection of biblical poems. His most recent is a book-length offering of new work, Perfume: Poems and Word Sonnets (Ronald P. Frye & Co., 2020). He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa.
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Photo credit: Sharon Katz
Poet Link
Photo credit: Sharon Katz
Born and raised in Montreal, Rona Shaffran lives in Ottawa. Her poetry collection, Ignite, was published by Signature Editions (2013). She co-directed two Ottawa poetry reading series, Tree and RailRoad, organized Tree’s Master Poetry Workshops and helped run VERSeFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival. Rona is now writing her first novel and a new poetry collection. She worked as a Director at the Auditor General of Canada, investigating government’s effectiveness.
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Photo Credit: Alan Dean
Poet Link
Photo Credit: Alan Dean
Hosted and Curated by Seymour Mayne
Hosted Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 2:00pm to 3:30pm EST
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